Department of Health Policy and Management- UCLA FSPH

Check out our upcoming events to learn more about the UCLA Health Policy and Management MPH and PhD programs! Visit our website for more details on how to sign up: https://hpm.ph.ucla.edu/pages/prospective_student_info

Dr. Xi Zhu, HPM Faculty, was appointed the Paul Torrens Professor of Healthcare Management. The chair is funded by donations from alumni whose careers were influenced by Torrens, a professor emeritus and member of the school’s faculty since 1972. The endowment provides support to early career faculty members at the Fielding School. Read more here: https://ph.ucla.edu/news/press-release/2022/mar/dr-xi-zhu-named-first-holder-ucla-fielding-school-s-paul-torrens-chair

Congratulations to Carlos Irwin Oronce for receiving SGIM's Best Published Research Paper of the Year Award! Read the full paper: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-06784-8

Dr. Daniel Eisenberg, HPM Faculty, addresses a report from the U.S. surgeon general on the mental health challenges confronting American youth during the pandemic. Read more here:

Surgeon General Advisory Calls for Broad Societal Response to Youth Mental Health Crisis | Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health American youth are experiencing such a profound crisis of mental health, it requires an “all-of-society effort” to address, according to U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy.In a public advisory issued Dec. 7, Murthy calls on families, schools, employers, media and technology companies, the hea...

Research by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, HPM Faculty, found that nearly half of California’s estimated 6.7 million adult caregivers reported experiencing some level of financial stress in 2020. Read more here:

Nearly Half of California Caregivers Experienced Financial Stress During 2020 | Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health In 2020, an estimated 6.7 million Californians provided care for a family member or friend with a serious or chronic illness or disability. According to a study by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr.

Research led by Dr. Ninez Ponce and Dr. Nadereh Pourat, HPM faculty, found that California's Latino and Asian immigrants have varied perceptions and experiences at the workplace, accessing healthcare, encountering law or immigration enforcement, and using public benefits. Read more here:

Study Takes a Closer Look at Immigrant Experiences in California | Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health California’s Latino and Asian immigrants have varied perceptions and experiences at the workplace, accessing healthcare, encountering law or immigration enforcement, and using public benefits, according to new data released by the Fielding School's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR), le...

Dr. Kenneth Wells, HPM Faculty, has spent years working with veterans in Los Angeles as a clinician and researcher. He also has sung and been a choral director since he was a teenager. Marrying the two interests, he wrote an award-winning opera called “Veteran Journeys,” that draws on his decades of experience as a practitioner. Read more here: https://ph.ucla.edu/news/news-item/2021/oct/qa-dr-kenneth-wells-his-third-opera-exploring-mental-health-and-us-veterans

Dr. Ninez Ponce, HPM Faculty, joined leaders from government, health, business and other sectors at a Filipino American History Month virtual event hosted by the White House on Oct. 28. Read more here: https://ph.ucla.edu/news/news-item/2021/oct/dr-ninez-ponce-featured-white-house-event-filipino-american-history-month

A study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by HPM Faculty, Dr. Ninez Ponce, found that among women in California who have recently experienced mild to moderate psychological distress and are eligible for public health services, four out of five said they received no treatment. Read more here: https://ph.ucla.edu/news/press-release/2021/oct/women-are-not-receiving-needed-mental-health-care-through-state-s-public

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Latinos in California were relatively unlikely to use emergency medical services. But during the pandemic, across much of the state, Latinos’ use of such services — specifically seeking treatment for respiratory ailments — increased more than it did for non-Latino whites, according to a new report by Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, HPM Faculty, and Dr. Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, CHS Faculty. Read more here:

California Latinos’ use of Emergency Medical Services Increased Disproportionately During Pandemic | Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Latinos in California were relatively unlikely to use emergency medical services. But during the pandemic, across much of the state, Latinos’ use of such services — specifically seeking treatment for respiratory ailments — increased more than it did for non-Lati...

Please join us in-person or virtually at this event! We look forward to seeing you! The global health event will take place in-person at the Square Conference Room (CHS 16-030) from 12 pm to 1 pm on October 19, 2021.

You can also attend it online by registering here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtd-2upjspGtxWyfUrejGXBOaS3lm21-LL